diff --git a/makefile.basic b/makefile.basic
index b9793b9..723a78e 100644
--- a/makefile.basic
+++ b/makefile.basic
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+PKGS::=
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 DEBUG_CFLAGS::=$(CFLAGS) -O0 -g3 -ggdb
@@ -143,8 +144,8 @@ endif
 
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --cflags "$(pkg)")) -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
 ALL_COMPILEFLAGS=$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS)
diff --git a/makefile.exe_progress b/makefile.exe_progress
index c6b34be..f4c79de 100644
--- a/makefile.exe_progress
+++ b/makefile.exe_progress
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+PKGS::=
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 DEBUG_CFLAGS::=$(CFLAGS) -O0 -g3 -ggdb
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ ifeq ($(VERBOSE),0)
 endif
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --cflags "$(pkg)")) -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME::=$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
diff --git a/makefile.library b/makefile.library
index e0cd5a3..de9de48 100644
--- a/makefile.library
+++ b/makefile.library
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+PKGS::=
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 DEBUG_CFLAGS::=$(CFLAGS) -O0 -g3 -ggdb
@@ -162,11 +163,11 @@ ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
 endif
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --cflags "$(pkg)")) -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=-Wl,--out-implib,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a" $(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=-Wl,--out-implib,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a" $(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 else
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 endif
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 STATIC_OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/static/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
diff --git a/makefile.reclib b/makefile.reclib
index e5b432e..e27d0b1 100644
--- a/makefile.reclib
+++ b/makefile.reclib
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+PKGS::=
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 DEBUG_CFLAGS::=$(CFLAGS) -O0 -g3 -ggdb
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
 endif
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --cflags "$(pkg)")) -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
 	INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS+=$(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS)
 endif
diff --git a/makefile.recursive b/makefile.recursive
index bccc288..2de8f5c 100644
--- a/makefile.recursive
+++ b/makefile.recursive
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+PKGS::=
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 DEBUG_CFLAGS::=$(CFLAGS) -O0 -g3 -ggdb
@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ ifeq ($(SAVEFLAGS),1)
 endif
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
-INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
-INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --cflags "$(pkg)")) -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)") $(foreach pkg,$(PKGS),$(shell pkg-config --libs "$(pkg)"))
 THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME::=$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))